Study Skills for Higher Education

This report discusses the importance of study skills for higher education and how universities play a major role in enhancing the skills of the students. It also highlights the soft skills like communication, decision making, teamwork, innovative thinking, intra personal skills, positive attitude, etc. which are very important for the students to be successful in their careers.

Foundation in study
skills for higher
education

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION...............................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................7
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................7
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
The growth and enhancement of an individual study skills happens slowly and gradually.
This evolution takes a lot of time. When the freshman is a beginner in the tertiary schooling or
has just started studying, the person is burdened with making reports and assignments, preparing
for examination, simultaneously dealing with study and societal norms. While reviewing and
processing the study skill set, they promote the learners to be more conscious towards their
studies which ultimately leads to their success, also promotes the individual to enhance their
knowledge in an effective manner. The skills of study are such traits which are necessary for
prompt studying and learning and these skills can always be transferred from one person to
another. When an individual has fine skills of study it helps them to boast their abilities,
confidence and morale in society (Razmavar, 2021). With the help of such skill set one can
tackle the tests and assessments easily. When a person develops a good skills set it helps them to
cut hours needed to study and learn and invest that time in other day to day affairs of life. This
report gives a detailed study regarding the suggestions required for enhancing the CV of an
individual if they do not have prior experience. Also a detail report about the skills formed by the
students in a university and analysis as to why they are important in working place has been
included in this report.
MAIN BODY
TASK 1
Especially in the last few years of Covid pandemic, when everyone was staying at home
and were compelled to earn a livelihood it made all the people to ponder about the skills they
have and are required to keep them afloat (Williams and et,al., 2020). The major impact was on
the students who have freshly graduated from their respective universities, since they were
locked at a confined place it lead to a havoc among their family and friends regarding the quality
of education that they have received. And in such crisis, they all tried to enhance their respective
skill set as much as possible. To strengthen their CVs they opted for virtual internships as well as
remote jobs which were the primary and sole option available to everyone. These virtual
internships are done for a short span of time like monthly or quarterly basis which might be paid
or unpaid. The different universities and respective employers were setting out various strategies
to exhibit as many students and employees as possible. Due to high demand of such

opportunities there were less options but the quality of exposure was excellent (Villarreal and
Martinez, 2018). Social media played a major role in helping the students to connect and talk
about their challenges in career with their peeps. The students could easily access every training
required and chance for employment. The sole goal of social media is to bring people together
like introducing the students to the different past alumni for guidance & creating learning chance
when they followed various marketplace websites. The role of marketing students was more
active since they promoted local shops with their experience. They learned about the market of
the job and they were able to tell the employees about the experience. The students who have
just passed looked for any voluntary work though minute in nature since these helped them to
grow and develop lifelong (Cottrell, 2020). The societies formed in universities are very
important, majority of students enrolled in these societies so as to help them to develop
successful skill set, fund raising and social volunteering. These skills also help the societal
practices since they set up many community workshops as well. These aids them to showcase
their soft skills such as growth mindset, adaptability and work ethic, which can then be included
in their CVs (Jairam, 2020).
I am content with the CV, I procured during the lockdown period. I joined various online
courses being at house which is now included in my CV, these courses helped me to get the
desired job. Like everyone when I was locked in my room during lockdown, I enrolled in the
virtual internship of a prestigious university in return of salary. My CV clearly mentions all such
courses and due to this when an employer is handed my CV, they are fascinated and impressed to
offer a suitable job. My CV has a detailed list of all the different activities which I performed
during my time in the university club & this experience gained in lockdown is very efficient. I
simultaneously enrolled to learn Spanish from the Foreign Language department which added
brownie points in my CV. Learning a new language gives me an edge to apply in various Multi
National Companies. I very eagerly used my Covid solitary time in aiding different local
businesses through promoting their quality products on various online platforms, they have lack
of knowledge in such social media field which can aid the marketplace in trading & earn profit.
While being interviewed by varied reputed firms, my ideas and concepts of social media
fascinated them which helped me to give an advantage in the interview. Social media was a life
saviour as it helped me to connect with many similar individuals who have the same
qualification as me to discuss about our situation and opportunities. By connecting and shared

with everyone regarding the various possibilities, helped various members of the group to crack
and land a job easily. The interviewers were quite fascinated with my social connectivity and the
members who got the job earlier also refereed my name to their respective human resource
managers.
CONCLUSION
This report thus concludes that during the tiresome period of lockdown there were many
students who graduated from different universities were all unemployed and were locked in their
houses. The students have beneficially used this period in upgrading their skill set through the
help of different measures like online classes, networking, fresh small organisation in marketing
etc. helped all the awaited job seekers to improve their CVs and also to have employment finally
in such crisis times.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Cottrell, S., 2020. Teaching study skills and supporting learning. Bloomsbury Publishing.
Jairam, D., 2020. First-year seminar focused on study skills: An ill-suited attempt to improve
student retention. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 44(4), pp.513-527.
Razmavar, M., 2021. Graduates' Perceptions Of Theoretical And Skill Education In The
Phenomenon Of Employment And Income.
Villarreal, V. and Martinez, A., 2018. Assessing study skills in college students: A review of
three measures. Journal of College Student Development, 59(5), pp.629-635.
Williams, A.E., and et.al., 2020. A survey of study skills of first-year university students: the
relationships of strategy to gender, ethnicity and course type. Journal of Applied
Research in Higher Education.

INTRODUCTION
While enhancing a particular skill set, the learners always extend their knowledge with
the help of college resulting them to be a successful individuals. Fine quality of skills of study
bring about intelligence, certainty and motivation (Dumford and Miller, 2018). These qualities
also reduce restlessness of students during tests, vivas, etc. With the growth and development of
efficacious skills of study, the students have speed & do not cramp study material for long hours.
Thereby making them have plenty of time for a social life. Study skills also improve the learning
qualities to retain knowledge. Such students who are effectively utilising these skills might feel
that their work is appreciated. Also, in this report various skills set which the students grab in the
university is explained and examination of the importance of skill in the workplace is discussed.
MAIN BODY
TASK 2
To stand out in a particular set of crowd world wide is very important. There is tough
competition hence the students are required to master different abilities and qualities which is a
very long and gradual process. The students must form certain skills by dully practising those
consistently. These set of skills are evolved with time in colleges and universities with the
needed assistance of different teachers and professors in their respective departments (Wong,
2014). The soft skills act as tool to transfer messages and thoughts in an efficacious manner.
Such skills help an individual to supervise any uncertain situation and to take proper care and
help in development. These skills help an individual to easily tackle daily affairs and have an
individuality to accomplish career goals. Universities play a major role in enriching the skills of
the students. In new environment of college the first thing a student develops is survival instinct
and how to solve and tackle the challenges faced by them on a daily basis. As a result of this the
student can easily solve any problem. While life is uncertain, such profound skills aids in finding
more solutions in case there is an awkward situation. The students should be aware in case of an
adverse situation and must know to resolve the same. In this particular report, students seem to
be suffering with many unattended problems, this will compel the students to evaluate the
situation in a better way and to be more specific while solving it.
In an employment relationship, the employers expect the same qualities to be performed
by their employees (Sinfield and Burns, 2022). Also, the second skills developed by them is of

innovative thinking since such imagination or inventive thinking is very essential which
ultimately brings about innovation. The students are also needed to be more creative in their
approach in various forms of facet of life and similarly, this quality among students helps them
to understand the world in a better manner and also to provide a fresh set of opinion. There are
two vital elements in education i.e the creation and concept. Teamwork is a quality which is very
essential to survive in any organisation which helps to form better relationship. When doing
work together there is more productivity among the peeps. The students should also learn the
significance of unity in once life. While working at any higher levels of organisation when one
works together, they are stronger when confronting one another.
Decision making is a vital tool which helps an individual to make changes in one lifestyle
or career. This helps an individual to become more independent and less answerable to others
(Kumar, 2020). When a student makes decision as to which course to pick in the university,
which optional courses to select and what other co-curricular activities should they elect and
acquire, which is more suitable to them, thereby forming basis of these skills. In addition, the
individuals we choose as our peeps and groups, results in connecting them all enhancing
personal development. At this particular moment, the skill of decision making is also very
crucial. Intra personal skills aids the students in knowing themselves, personal thoughts,
emotional intelligence, opinions and certain beliefs on different things which are termed as intra
personal skills. Knowing yourself is very important, it can help them to understand others. When
they will be working alone for a assigned task knowing about their own weaknesses and
strengths will surely help them. Only when a person understands his own worth and potential
can they know others work (Clohessy and Acton, 2019). These are such skills which help in
knowing the behaviour and knowledge of other individual to assess their work as well. Such
personal skill is only helpful in cases where the whole group works towards achieving the same
established goal and every individual is working towards executing the idea of whole group.
The colleges and universities also enhance the communication skill of a student students
need communication. These are needed in university for tackling individuals who have rude and
uncommon behaviour and also aids to deal with subtle individuals. It is very helping to an
individual, as result they can easily attain any goal and objective in their career. Hence,
communication is an important accolade in the CV of any student (Bougie and Sekaran, 2019).
the students are always burdened with many assignments, write ups, etc. but in case of

journalism students who have to rigorously write different articles and reports are required in
their course. In this case, they have to constantly communicate with the superiors and professors
by mails or in person. And to prepare such report, there should be communication skills. As a
result of communication the write up material is enhanced and so is the skill. The university
helps the students to have more accurate and detailed written material which helps to have more
peer support as well (Gupta and Pathak, 2018). These students get various opportunities to meet
abundance people in the university who come from a different background and origin. When the
student enters the university he has to make several decisions such as selection of class, voting of
student union or the President of university club , etc. Students who have quick and correct
decision making tend to be leaders. Rather than being negative person a positive approach goes a
long way. With the help the of friends and teachers one can have a optimistic view driving the
academic year.
The students are needed to make changes in such skill for keeping a friendly atmosphere
in the university (Succi and Canovi, 2020). When the student has a positive mind set and mental
attitude students like being enthusiastic, energetic, confident, diligent, cooperative, reputable,
sense of humour and self esteem. Being a fine listener is a trait of a successful persons and they
also help the person to be respected in the society. The students will flourish more with such
skills in their careers. Providing proper gesture and proper eye contact is the key to enhance such
skill. With the growth and development of the said skills the students can be more successful.
The university are much wider and the students of college always have problem accommodating
in this concept of university. Earlier the students are not expected to attend every class and there
is nobody to punish them upon not doing their home assignment, but here they are expected to
have self-control, attend lectures regularly, complete the assigned task, prepare food , etc. being
self motivated and to motivate others at any job is very important to accomplish the
organisational goal and objective. This also helps to wider their horizons. The CV should have
such skill because self motivation is the key to employment. The person helps not only himself
but others as well to be more proactive. Different students of different origin in the university
might result in disputes among themselves (Jena, 2020). But the university teaches these students
to solve such dispute conflicts effectively, this attitude of resolving dispute not only helps them
in university but also plays a major role in their career because every place now a days is
diversified. It is the duty of the employers to employ such candidates who possess these soft

skills so the person applying must always highlight these in their resumes. These traits and
qualities give the contending edge to the students and also define the quality of work and
individuality. These habits lead them to be successful personally and career wise as well.
Employers always scan the applications of the awaiting candidates on the multiple footing i.e the
soft and hard skills of an individual. And how this candidate will be a suitable match to work in
team with others. Being a good team member helps them to create a positive and productive
workplace where the clients and associates of the team, can work together in an efficient manner.
The employers always keep looking for such employees who can be a suitable match for the
team. The candidate must easily adapt to the workplace and the culture of the organisation to be
a team player. They should be good listener as well as be flexible regarding work ethics and
timings. The candidate should be looking to work for a longer period with the enterprise and
shall not be a hopper. The employee can be easily employed if they show there intension to have
longer commitment with the company rather than leaving the company at early stage.
Self motivation and seriousness towards work shows the true feelings of the candidates.
With possessing such soft skills, the presentation and productivity of such employees are higher
in comparison to others who are lacking such qualities (Tomy and Pardede, 2020). For instance,
while having the skills of communication and time management the employees can be more
productive. The clear communication helps the employee to fulfil the ideas of other team
members. The major advantage is that it helps an individual to provide quality service thereby
increasing self-confidence. A clear and positive communication results in formation of
relationships between the team player, shareholders, partners and the clients of an organisation.
The Quality of empathy is what makes an individual gives edge above the cult. The employers
easily employ those candidates who display the empathy and affection towards other colleagues.
They respect and understand their wishes too. The organisation always wants to employ such
organized workers and employees since they are determined towards organisational goals. The
employee must have risk management so that they can easily act in cases of distress and come up
with prompt solutions at the time of need.

CONCLUSION
This particular report gives a conclusion regarding the learning of good study skills,
students gets assistance in universities and colleges. These give the success which is thus
required. To become successful in career, the students must not only learn various qualities and
skills but should also do it quickly without wasting time. This report also discusses the skills
which the students grab in their particular universities. Similarly, soft skill is essential for a
successful career oriented student.

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